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Most survivors of organized mind control and/or ritual abuse are “polyfragmented”—that is, they have a
“Most survivors of organized mind control and/or ritual abuse are “polyfragmented”—that is, they have a large number of alter personalities.”
Alison Miller, Healing the Unimaginable: Treating Ritual Abuse and Mind Control

Incestuous abuse is not necessarily related to the most severe, polyfragmented forms of MPD; however,
“Incestuous abuse is not necessarily related to the most severe, polyfragmented forms of MPD; however, ritual abuse, with or without incest, is the most common underlying cause of polyfragmentation for MPD [DID] or dissociative disorders NOS.”
Bennett G. Braun, Incest-Related Syndromes of Adult Psychopathology

The more severe and prolonged the trauma, the more severe the fragmentation.
“The more severe and prolonged the trauma, the more severe the fragmentation.”
Bennett G. Braun, Incest-Related Syndromes of Adult Psychopathology

“From mind control to programming

Foa and Kozak (1986) note that pathological fear structures, including unrealistic elements that may become associated with states of absorption and heightened arousal often attendant with extreme stress, are extremely resistant to modification. Hence, the power of all statements made during and immediately after abusive episodes while the victim is in an altered state will be enhanced by the absence of an operative critical consciousness (Conway, 1994), and by the indelible connection with intolerable terror or dread.
Psychologically sophisticated abusers who have mastered the methods of mind control know how to induce psychobiological state changes, how to elaborate and encapsulate them, how to provide the cues to trigger them, how to tap into and alter the victim's motivational and belief systems, and how to layer amnesias within a personality. In this way a polyfragmented dissociative individual can appear to lead the life of a normal hardworking citizen, yet can function undetected (by himself or by others) as a mind-controlled operative and remain available for service to individual perpetrators or groups.”
Harvey L. Schwartz, The Alchemy of Wolves and Sheep: A Relational Approach to Internalized Perpetration for Complex Trauma Survivors